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BY-LAWS 



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OARD OF EDUCATION 



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CITY OF ELMIRA, 



1882. 



BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



BOARD OF EDUCATION 



OF THE 



CITY OF ELMIRA,%. 



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1882. 



ELMIRA, N. Y. 

GAZKTTF. COMPANY STKAM PUI.VT. 
1882. 



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STATED REPORTS. 



September.— School yeai- begins September 1. (City school act, section 20, suh div. 11). 

Superintendent to return abstracts of school reports at close of each 
term and year. (.RuleVZ). 

Academy report to the regents, to be prepared by the principal, (Rtde 
45), accompanied by report of text book committee, (BuJe 31), passed by the 
board and transmitted by the secretary on or before October 1. {See Uni- 
versity MamoaU and also blanks furiiishcd by Refjents). 

Finance Committee to examine accounts of secretary and chamberlain, 
and report at second stated meeting- in September. (Rule 18). 

Report of receipts and disbursements to the common council, to be pre- 
pared by the secretary and certified by the finance committee, and sub- 
mitted to the board at or before second stated meeting- in September, 
(Ride 18), and transmitted to the common council fifteen days previous to 
annual election. (City scliool act, sec. 33). 

Enumei'ators to be appointed in September to take census between first 
and tenth of October. {Rule 30). 

October.— Board to report to superintendent of public instruction between the first 
and fifteenth of October. {City scliool act, sec. 33). Time extended by state 
superintendent to, November first to fifteenth. {See letter of September 5th, 
1883, on flic with duplicate reports). 

Visiting- and Evening- School Committee to report in October. {Rule 26). 
December.— Teachers Examination. {Ridc 3.5). 
February.— Superintendent to report condition of property. {Rule 13). 

Building- Committee to report estimated repairs, &c., at first slated 
meeting- in February. {Rule 22). «* 

Finance Committee t ) repoi-t to the board estimates for the ensuing- 
school j'ear at the last stated meeting- in February. {Ride 18). 

Board to report estimates for the ensuing- year to the common covuicil 
on or before the day of the last regular meeting- in March. {City school act, 
section 30, suhdivlsion 11). 

Mat.— Teachers Examination. (Ride 35). 

June. — Academy Committee to report requisite teachers at first stated meeting- in 
■June. (Rule 34). 

Teachers Committee to i-eport requisite teachers at last stated meeting- 
in June. (Ride 19). 

Building- Committee to examine and report condition of heating- appa- 
ratus withiii first two weeks of s-ummer vacation. (Ride 22). 

August.— Elect Sanitary Superintendent at last meeting-, for ensuing year. (Rule 6). 
Regents examination in Novem-ber, March and .June. (Rule 39). 



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BY-LAWS 

OF THE 



. BOARD OF EDUCATION, 



ADOPTED AUGUST 31, 1882. 

Part 1. 

RULES FOR THE BOARD. 



1. 

The annual meeting of the board will be held at Ammai Meeting 
their rooms on the Monday next after the second 
Tuesday of October, and be called to order by the sec- 
retary, who will preside until a president be elected. 

Unless otherwise ordered a stated meeting will be^stated Meetings, 
held on the first Monday of each month, and on the 
third Monday of each month except October. 

Special meetings may be called by the president special Meetings, 
or, in his absence or inabilit)' to act, by any member 
of the board, by tjivin"; personal notice to each 

■^ ° . '^ . . atij school act, nee. 9 

member or causing a written or printed notice to be 
left at his place of residence, at least twenty-four 
hours before the hour of such special meeting. 

The president shall call a special meeting when re- 
quested by three commissioners. 

2 

Unless otherwise ordered, all meetings will be held P';^^;^i,^|_^ t""*^ "^^ 
at the rooms of the board, and begin at y-^ o'clock, 
r. -M. 



RULES FOR THE BOARD. 



Members, how 

seated. 



Members will be seated as follows : Commencing 
at the president's right, the district commissioners 
shall sit in the order of the numbers of their respect- 
ive districts, beginning with number one ; the com- 
missioners at large will then follow in alphabetical 
order. 



Organization. js^^ ^|-^^. annual meeting the secretary will first pre- 

Annuai Meeting ^^^^^ ^^yc evidence of the clectiou and appointment 
of new commissioners. 

If the right to any seat be contested, the question 
thus presented will be decided by a committee com- 
posed of the secretary and all the commissioners 
who were elected or appointed in the next preceding 
school year and are present at such annual meeting; 
and the contested seat will be assigned, in the first 
instance, to the person found entitled thereto by such 
committee — the secretary not voting unless there be 
a tie of the other members. 

When all contested seats shall be so assigned, the 
board as thus constituted will reconsider the questions 
referred as aforesaid and determine finally whether 
any one, and if so who, is entitled to each contested 
seat. 

No one whose right to a seat is contested will vote 
upon any question relating to such right. 

The board being thus permanently organized will 
next elect a president ; and then designate two com- 
mittees of which he shall be a member, other than 
the academy committee, 
other meetings At all Other meetings the order of business, unless 

otherwise resolved, will be as follows : 
Order of biismess. i. Reading minutes of previous meetings, not be- 
fore approved, and action thereon. 

2. Presentation of bills and accounts, and action 
thereon. 



RUI.KS FOR THK liOAKl). 5 

3. Communications to the board and action 
thereon. 

4. Reports of standins^^ committees in their order 
as given in tiie 17th rule, and action thereon. 

5. Reports of select committees, and action 
thereon. 

6. Unfinished business. 

7. Miscellaneous business. 

4 

All resolutions shall be in writinsj and shall be read Resolutions to be 

written. 

by the secretary before action thereon. 

All amendments and motions shall be reduced to Ami other motions 

when directed. 

writing when so directed by the president. 

The name of the mover shall appear in the min- 
utes. 

5 

The ayes and na\-s shall be taken on all questions. Ayes and Xays. 
Every member shall vote if required by any mem- Every member to 
ber, unless excused by the board. 

6 
The officers of the board shall be a President, a officers of the 

r r- - 1 1 - board. 

Supermtendent of Common Schools, a Secretary, a 

Librarian and a Sanitary Superintendent. Excepting 

a presidePit [)ro tempore, they shall be elected by How chosen. 

ballot, and the vote of a majority of all the commi.s- 

sioners in office shall be requisite to an election. 

Excepting the president and sanitary superintendent, 

they shall continue in office during the pleasure of Term of office. 

the board. 

Unless sooner removed b\' the board the sanitary 
superintendent will hold to the end of the school 
year in which he shall have been elected and until 
the election of his successor. 

The Superintendent of common schools will be ex superintendent ex 

. , , . , . , , . officio secretary 

ofincio secretary and librarian unless otherwise or- and librarian. 

•^ RvleVi. 

dered by the board. 



6 RULES FOR THE HOARD. 

7 

President's duty. The President shall preside at the meetings of the 
board and preserve order. All questions of order 
shall be decided by him, subject to an appeal to the 
board. He may name any member to perform his 
duties temporarily, but in his absence or inability to 

President pro tem. act his duties will devolve upon a president pro tem- 
pore to be chosen by the board. 

8 

Secretarj'. The Secretary shall have the care and custody of 

ordsalid^^ifeoffloe ^^^^ records of the board, and the of^ce of the board, 

which shall be the depository of the records. 
Toke^ep a^ccounts p^^ gi^^jj l^ggp ^1^^ accounts of the board, and shall 

so keep them as to show their exact condition at 
any time, keeping the account of expenditures class- 
es .so/^ooz to, sm. j^g^^ ^g ij^ section twelve of the city school law, and 

12. See. 20, sub div. ■' ' 

11. Sec. 21. gQ ^j^^|- j^ shall at all times appear how much has 

been expended of the appropriation for each one of 
the eight purposes enumerated in that section, sep- 
arately , also showing the amount received for tui- 
tion in each school. 

9 

cOT?erof^n?fnutes^ ^^'^^ Secretary shall, in such form and numbers as 
the board may approve, provide printed copies of its 
^^*'^'^®- proceedings, and blanks for the use of its officers and 

deiT*^''^'^"°' committees and for the schools. He shall counter- 
sign all orders upon the chamberlain. 

10 

,-^,?,.o*of,TV2i^^!i' The Secretary shall attend upon the board at all 

lil§S 8 11 CI rtrCOlCl ^ *■ 

proceepmgs. j^g meetings and record its proceedings. He shall 

To keep iLst of un- ]^eep memoranda of unfinished business and shall 

finished business '- 

and special com- keep a Ust of special committees, showing the pur- 

niittees. r r ' o i 

pose of each and date of appointment. 



RULES FOR THE liOAKD. 



11 



He shall in due season, call the attention of the To remind the 

board and com- 

board, and the proper committees, to any provisions '"ittees of things 

■^ ' ' ^ 1 tQ ij^. done at sta- 

of law or of the rules, requiring reports to be made ^fii times, 
or other things to be done at stated times. 

He shall prepare and submit to the board the re- to prepare re- 
ports to be made by the board to the common coun-'^*^' ''■ 
cil, the superintendent of public instruction, the board 
of regents, or other bodies or persons, and have the 
same completed and forwarded within the period pre- 
scribed by law. 

He shall notif\- teachers of their appointment, and To notify teaciiers 

^ '■ of their appoint- 

shall transmit copies of resolutions, reports and other "^^nt and transmit 

t ' t documents. 

documents, pursuant to instructions from the board, 
and requirements of law. 

12 

The creneral duty of the Superintendent shall be to Superintendent. 

^ ^ ^ His duties. 

aid and assist the board in their work. 

He shall have supervision of all school propert}" School property, 
and keep a complete list of the furniture, apparatus, 
books, and other articles; and in the month of Feb- February report, 
ruary in each year shall make a careful examination 
of the propert)' in the schools, and report the result to 
the board. 

He shall devote himself exclusively to the duties office iiours. 
of his office and shall observe regular office hours. 

He shall maintain a uniform s}'stem of school rec- Rt'co^'ds- 
ords and reports. 

At the close of each term and of each year he shall Abstract of re- 
furnish the board with an abstract of the school re- 
ports made to him. 

He shall provide a thermometer for each school- To provide for 

'■ school rooms. 

room, and all necessary brooms, brushes, pails, and 
other articles of a similar character. 

He shall supervise the taking of the annual tvnsus. 
•census. 



RULES F(3R THE BOARD. 



May suspend and 
restore pupils. 



To conduct exam- 
ination of teachers 



sc 00 s. When his other duties will permit, he shall visit 

the schools to know their condition and to aid and 
advise with the teachers. 

He has power to suspend pupils o( the district 
schools and to restore those suspended by him, and 
those suspended for absence. 
To aid committees He shall, when I'equested, meet with committees 
and render such aid and information as they may 
desire. 

13 

The Superintendent shall conduct the examina- 
tions of teachers, give due notice of the time and 
place thereof, preserve the examination papers, and 
keep a record of those who shall be found qualified 
to teach, showing their division, age, and date 
of examination ; also a record showing the names 
and positions of the several teachers in the employ 
of the board, their division, the date of cer- 
tificate of qualification, the date of appointment and 
the rate of compensation of each. 

Subject to the direction of the teachers' committee, 
he may employ or transfer teachers to supply vacan- 
cies temporarily, reporting his action at the next 
meeting of the board. 

14 



Record result 
thereof. 



-To supply va- 
cancies. 



Librarian. Xlic Librarian shall have charge of the district li- 

braries and of the academy library, and may appoint 
ctty school law, sec. g^ch assistants as may be necessary from time to- 



Sanitary superin- 
tendent. 



Duties. 



time. 



15 



The Sanitary Superintendent shall be a licensed 
physician in good standing in the profession and in 
the community. 

It shall be his duty to visit the schools and inspect 
whatever affects their sanitary condition ; also to as- 



RULES FOR THE HOARD. 9 

certain what pupils hav^c not been vacinnated and ex- LaiM o/isaochap. 
elude them from school, and at the next regular 
meeting to report to the board, the names and resi- 
dences of those so excluded. 

And he is empowered to exclude from the schools, Powers, 
as in his judgment it may be necessar\', children at- 
tacked with or convalescing from scarlet fever, diph- 
theria, whooping-cough, or other disease, or who re- 
side in families in which contagious affections are 
known to exist. 

16 

Unless otherwise ordered, all committees shall be Committees. How 

appointed. 

appointed by the presiding officer, and consist of 
three members each. 

17 

There shall be the following standing committees; standing com- 

^ ^ mittees. 

1. Finance Committee. 

2. Teachers' Committee. 

3. Committee on Organization and Discipline. 

4. Text-Book Committee. 

5. Committee on Buildings. 

6. Committee on Supplies. 

7. Academy Committee. 

S. Committee on Laws and Rules. 
9. Visiting and Evening School Committee. 
Such committees shall be appointed as soon as ^^^''"^i'''*^'"^"^- 
practicable after each annual meeting, and shall con- 
tinue until superceded by new appointment or until 
otherwise relieved. 

18 

The Finance Committee shall examine and report finance commit- 

i tee to audit ac- 

upon all demands against the board, and shall coun- counts, 
tersign all accounts approved by them. 

They shall at the commencement of each school Joun^g'of'tht*^ 
year, examine the accounts of the chamberlain and g^^j."\'^'^y'*'" ^"^ 
the secretary with the board, and, at or before the 



lO RULES FOR THE BOARD. 

second stated meeting in September, report to the 
board whether all moneys which shoidd have been 
placed to the credit of the board have been duly 
credited, and whether such accounts are correct. 
To examine and When the secretary shall have prepared the report 

.certify report to . ^ ^ ^ ^ 

.common council, of receipts and disbursements, required by section 32 
of the city school act to be made by the board to the 
common council, this committee shall examine and 
certify the same to be correct so that it may be pre- 
sented to the board at or before the second stated 
meeting in September. 

mktes'inFebruary They shall prepare and submit to the board, at the 
last stated meeting in February of each year, the es- 

city .school act. sec. timatcs required by law to be submitted to the com- 

■20, subaiv. 11. ^ ■' 

mon council. 
Insurance. They shall scc that the school property is insured 

as directed by the board. 

19 

Teachers' commit- The Teachcrs' Committee shall present the names 

tee. ^ 

of such candidates for appointment as teachers of 
Duties. the district schools, as, upon examination and inquiry, 

they judge to be best qualified. 
can'c-S'^^aiicrsus- They may employ or transfer teachers to supply 
pend teachers. vacancies temporarily, and they may suspend teach- 
ers. In either case they shall report their action at 
the next stated meeting of the board. 
June report. At the last Stated meeting in June, they shall re- 

port to the board the names of the requisite teach- 
ei's for the district schools for the ensuing year, with 
the rate of compensation for each. 
Applications Apj>lications for appointment as teachers of the 

district schools will be referred to this committee un- 
less otherwise disposed of. 

20 

gaSzatiolfanddis- The Committee on Organization and Discipline 
and'powers!*'*'^ shall Consider and decide all cases of discipline of 



rui.p:s for the koakd. ii 

pupils of the district schools reported to them b)' 
the superintendent and, subject to the limitations .s-,v,.„;^44. 
and provisions of other b)--la\\s, are empowered to 
suspend and restore such pupils. 

All applications for permission to have pupils at- Reference to. 
tend school in districts other than those in which 
they reside, applications to be excused from attend- 
ance for a part of the session, and applications for 
lea\'e to omit part of the course of study, will, un- 
less otherwise ordered, be referred to this committee 
with power to decide thereupon. 

21 

The Text-Book Committee shall report any change Text book com- 

. y mittee. 

of text-books the}' deem necessary, and direct the 
purchase of the same and other books and apparatus 
when ordered by the board. They shall ha\'e gen- 
eral supervision of the district school libraries and Rule 12. 
apparatus and in each September report the condi- September reportH 
tion thereof to the board. 

In each September thc)' shall examine the librar}' 
and philsophical apparatus of the academy, and re- 
port in relation thereto to the regents as required b}' 
their ordinances. 

22 

The Committe on Buildings shall have the general committee ou 

. . , buildings. 

supervision of the school buildings and grounds, and 
shall from time to time report such alterations, re- 
pairs, and improvements as they deem exiDedient. Td examine heat- 

^ ^ ^ ^ ing apparatus. 

They shall, within the first two weeks of the sum- 
mer vacation, examine the heating and ventilating 
apparatus, report their condition and recommend such 
improvements and repairs as the\- deem necessar}-. JJjJ^^^jjj^^j^il"''^'" 

They ma\' direct repairs, without the order of the 
board, to an amount not exceeding twent}'-fi\-e dollars 
for any one district, or for the academy, in one month. 



12 RULES FOR THE BOARD. 

February report. At the first Stated meeting in February they 
shall report in detail such repairs and improvements 
as are deemed necessary for the ensuing year, with 
the estimated expense thereof. 

23 

Committee on sup- The Committee ou Supplies shall direct the pur- 
P^j^jgg chase and repair of school furniture, and the procur- 

ing of all necessary supplies, except as otherwise 
provided. They shall advertise for and receive pro- 
posals for the necessary fuel, and, when authorized by 
the board, contract for the same. 
Monthly expendi- f he amount expended by them for purchases, or 

tures limited. ^ ■' r ' 

for repairs, (not ordered by the board) shall not ex- 
ceed twenty-five dollars for any one district, or for 
the academy, in one month. 

24 

Academy commit- Jhc Academy Committee shall have the general 

i^'^'^ies- care of the interests of the academy, its course of 

study, discipline and management. 

teachers*" ''^^'^'"^ At the first Stated meeting in June they shall re- 
port the names of the requisite teachers for the ensu- 
ing year, stating the rate of compensation for each. 

Supply vacancies. jf a vacaucy occur, they shall report the same at 
the next meeting of the board, and shall have power 
to supply the same in the meantime. 

Power to suspend They have the power to suspend teachers and to 
suspend and restore pupils of the academy, subject 

„ , ,, to the limitations and provisions of other bv-laws. 

Rule 44. ^ ■ ^ 

reporting their action in either case at the next 
stated meeting of the board. 

The president of the board will be ex officio, a 
member and chairman of this committee. 



25 

ws ; 
and report upon proposed amendments to the by- 



committee^on The Committee on Laws and Rules shall consider 

Laws and Rules. 



KUI.KS FOR THK HOARD. 1 3 

laws, and shall also propose such amendments as 
they may deem proper. 

26 

The Visiting: and Evening; School Committee shall y'«'t''?sr and even- 

° '^ 111^ school corn- 

visit each school at least once in each term and re-"""^*'- 

Duties. 

port the condition thereof with such suggestions as ^.^^^^,,^^„^,„ ,.^^. 
they may deem proper. ^'^• 

Annually, in October, this committee shall re- Annual report, 
port upon the expediency of organizing an evening 
school. If such school be organized, they shall have 
the care of its interests, and, together with the su- 
perintendent, of its course of study, discipline and 
regulations. The}' shall have power to suspend and 
restore pupils of such school. 

27 

When any demand shall be referred to the finance othercommittes 

. ^ , , , , , . to aid finance com- 

committee, it the work have been done, the supplies mittee. 
furnished, or other transactions out of which the 
demand arose have transpired under the direction of 
another committee, such other committee shall cer- 
tif}' the matter to the finance committee \\ith such 
facts and circumstances as ma}' aid them in auditing 
the demand. 

28 

All reports shall be in writing, and entered in thcj^ ^.^^ 
minutes or filed. If an}' action be recommended, ^°^''^^^'**^- 
the report should ordinarih' embrace a resolution 
framed accordingly. 

29 

Ever}' bill against the board shall be itemized and Claims against the 

, ' , , ^ , .... , , board, how pre- 

attached to the order upon which it was made, andsented. 
be presented to the secretary, and by him to the 
board at the next meeting, when it will, unless oth- 
erwise ordered, be referred to the finance committee. To be referred, 
■who will audit the same and report thereupon as 
soon as practicable. 



14 



RULES FOR THE BOARD. 



Appropriations, 
when to lie over. 



Blanks for 
accounts. 



Census. 



City school law, Sec. 
23. 



Powers of com- 
mittees subordi- 
nate to the board. 



L'.se of school 
buildings. 



If any member object, no resolution will be 
adopted or other action taken, directing or involv- 
ing the expenditure of money, unless it have been 
moved at a previous meeting. 

Blank orders for the use of committees and blank 
vouchers in such fqrm as the board shall approve, 
shall be provided by the secretary, and all accounts 
shall be made on, or attached to such vouchers. 

30 

Annually, between the first and tenth of October, 
the board will cause the census to be taken, each 
commissioner district by itself, showing the full 
name, age, and residence of each child between the 
ages of five and twenty-one years, and the name and 
residence of the parent or guardian of each. The 
age to be taken each year is that of the birthday 
next preceding the first day of October. 

31 

All powers conferred by the board upon com- 
mittees or others, by the by-laws or otherwise, are 
subordinate to the action of the board. 

32 

The board has no power to use, or to permit the 
use of any school building or grounds for any pur- 
pose other than the purposes of the schools, contem- 
plated by the statute under which the department 
is organized. 



Part 2. 
REGULATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS. 



33 

The school of each district is divided into three organization of 
classes named, respectively, PRIMARY, JUNIOR ^nu '"''"*-■' "'''°°'"- 
Senior. 

Each class has three divisions or grades, designated 
by prefixing the letter C, B, or A ; C designating the 
lowest, B, the middle, and A, the highest grade of a 
class. 

One school year is allotted to the work of each 
grade. 

The school year is divided into three terms. Terms. 

The first term commences on the first Monday of 
September and continues sixteen weeks, except that 
if the first Monday be the seventh day of September 
the term will commence on the last Monday of 
August. 

The second term commences on the Monday next 
after the first day of January and continues twelve 
weeks. 

The third term commences on the Monday next 
after the second day of April and continues twelve 
weeks. 

The schools will all close on the same day, Friday close, 
of the last week of the term, except the academy, 
which will close on Thursday. 



i6 



REGULATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS. 



Sessions. 



Bells. 



Eecess. 



Opening by the 
teachers. 



Hollidays. 



Session not to be 
■ommitted. 



Examination of 
Teachers. 



By whom. 



Repoi't. 



Rank. 



34 

There will be two daily sessions of each school. 

The morning session will commence at nine o'clock 
and close at noon. 

The afternoon session will commence at half-past 
one and close at four o'clock. 

The first bell will be rung in the morning twenty 
minutes, in the afternoon fifteen minutes before the 
session, and the second bell five minutes before each 
session, except that at the academy the second bell 
will be rung at the hour for commencing. 

There will be a recess of fifteen minutes in each 
session. 

In the district schools the teachers will be at their 
respective rooms for the admission of pupils at the 
ringing of the first bell. 

There will be no school on any Saturday, Sunday, 
Good Friday, Thanksgiving day or the day following. 

A session will not be omitted, nor will a school be 
dismissed during school hours, otherwise than as pro- 
vided by the regulations, except by order of the 
board, or in emei'gency by the principal or the 
superintendent. 

35 

Examinations of teachers and of applicants for em- 
ployment as teachers, will be held under the direction 
of the teachers' committee, by the superintendent as- 
isted by the principals, at such times and places as 
the committee shall appoint. One such examination 
shall be held in May and one in December of each 
year. 

The committee will report who are found qualified. 

No one not duly certified to be a qualified teacher 
will be employed. 

All teachers of the district schools, except the 
principals, will be ranked in five divisions according 



RK(;ii,A'i"ir)\s FOR ruK schools. 17 

to the dcL^rcc of qualification, provided, that no divis- 
ion shall contain more than t\vent)'-five percent, nor 
less than fifteen per cent, of all the teachers except 
the principals. 

A certified teacher ma}' be re-examined, that the p^.^xamination. 
degree of his qualification maybe better ascertained, 
if he or the committee desire such re-e.xamination. 

Unless expressl)- otherwise provided, the period for tenure, 
which an\- teacher shall be emplo)'ed shall terminate civ.w .s,/,oo/ icw. sec 
with the school year, or sooner at the pleasure of the" ■''""'■ 
board. 

Teachers will not receixe pa\' for their time while 
absent, except as otherwise provided. 

36 

In the district schools pupils will be examined and p^jjjiy 
classified b\' the principal with the aid of his assist- How ciassifleci. 
ant teachers. 

Examinations will be had monthh' upon the work Examinatious. 
of the month, and at the end of each term in review 
of the work of the term ; the term examination how- 
e\'er. superceding the monthl)" examination for the 
last month of the term. 

Other examinations for classification or pron^otion ^pej.iai examina- 
of individuals, will be had as the principal shall 
appoint. 

The examinations, except in the primarx' ^"''i^^' written 
shall be upon questions prepared for each grade, un- 
der the direction of the superintendent. 

In the primary class examinations ma\- be oral^j.^i 
and the pupils will be promoted on the recommen- 
dation of the teacher. 

37 

Pupils of the junior and the senior classes of the Promotion, 
district schools will be promoted if the}' ha\-e ans- 
wered correctly sevent}'-five per cent, of the questions 
of all the monthh' and term examinations, and sixt\- 



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REGULATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS. 



Third term A- 
seniors. 



Academy. 
Organization of. 



Admission to. 



per cent, of the questions in every branch. Provided 
however that if a pupil fail of the last condition only, 
he may, if his teacher approve and the principal con- 
sent, be promoted on condition that if he shall there 
aftei fail he shall thereupon be remanded. Pro- 
vided also, that if a pupil fail after having been 
twice over the work of a term, he may be promoted 
if his attendance has been regular, and his applica- 
tion and deportment have been good. 

The third term A-senior pupils who, according to 
the provisions of this rule, are entitled to promotion, 
shall be deemed to have accomplished the sub- 
academic course. 

38 

The Academy has three classes, JUNIOR, MIDDLE 
AND Senior. 

One school year is alloted to the work of each 
class. 

Pupils who have accomplished the sub academic 
course may enter the junior class provided they shall 
have taken the next preceding regents' examination, 
and notwithstanding failure to pass that examination. 

Other applicants for admission to the academy will 
be examined by the principal of the academy with 
the aid of his assistant teachers, and classified ac- 
cording to their qualifications thus ascertained. 

Such examinations will be had at such times and 
places as the principal shall appoint. 

No applicant will be admitted until it be ascer- 
tained as above provided, that he has accomplished 
the equivelent of the sub-academic course, unless he 
have received the regents certificate of academic 
scholarship, or be claimed as hereinafter provided, to 
have successfully passed the regents examination. 
And no one will be admitted to the senior class un- 
til he have received such certificate of academic 
scholarship, or be claimed to have passed as aforesaid. 



RKCULATIONS KOR Till-; SCHOOLS. I9 

Api^licants w ill be admitted to the academy at the 
commencement of the school year, and at any other 
time provided they be found qualified to enter the 
organized classes and proceed with the class-work. 

39 

There will be in each \ear three regents' exam in a- Regents" exainina- 

' tioiis. 

tions of applicants for admission to the academ\- ; 
one in or about November, the second in or about 
March, and the third at or near the close of the 
academic year, as the regents shall appoint. 

Such examinations shall be held at Number Four 
Primary, and be under the direction of a committee 
to be composed of the principals of the several dis- 
trict schools. 

40 

There shall be admitted to each regents' examina- who admitted to. 
tion all A senior pupils and, to the examination in 
geography, all third term B senior pupils who may 
apply ; also any scholar from any common school, 
who ma}' apply for such examination, bearing the 
certificate of the principal teacher or of an\- trustee 
or commissioner of such school, that in his judg- 
ment such scholar is qualified to pass the said ex- 
amination. 

It is the duty of the principal to give such certifi- 
cate to any scholar of his school who, in his judg- 
ment, is c|ualified to pass the examination. 

All scholars of the academy who have not pre- 
viously received the regents certificate of academic 
scholarship, shall take such examination. 

41 

At the close of each regents' examination the Report of com- 

• ,, 1 11 1 A. i. i. f ii mittee for regents' 

committee shall make a statement of the name, age examination, 
and residence of each scholar claimed by them to 
have successfully passed the examination, and the 



20 



RKCUr.ATIONS FOR TIIK SCHOOLS. 



number of correct answers clainned to have been 
given by each in each study. Sucli statement, duly 
certified by the committee, together with the written 
answers as given by each scholar so claimed to ha\'e 
passed, shall then be deliv^ered to the principal of 
Record and trans- the academy, who shall, in conformity to the ordi- 

mission. 

nances of the regents, verify sucli statement, make a 
record thereof in the book provided for such record, 
and forward the statement with such written answers 
to the secretary of the universit}-. 

Each scholar so claimed to have successfull}- 
passed the examination shall be entitled to admis- 
sion as a pupil to the academy, subject to the pro- 
visions of these regulations ; and at the final term- 
examination of the year in the district school, \\'ill 
be excused from examination in the branches em- 
braced in such regents' examination — the regents' 
Substitute for examination being substituted for the term-examin- 

term examination. ° 

ation in those branches. 

42 



Examination in 
Academy. 



Promotion. 



Condition. 



In the Academy each teacher will examine his sev- 
eral classes in the months of November, February, 
April and June, on such days as the principal shall 
appoint. No special examination will be given to an}- 
pupil absent from examination without " sufficient 
excuse." 

If the pupil answer correctly seventy-five per 
cent, of the questions in all the examinations in an}^ 
branch, and do not fail to answer correctly sixty per 
cent, of the questions in any one examination therein, 
he will be deemed to have accomplished the work in 
that bi-anch. 

If he fail to thus pass any examination, an ac- 
count of such failure will be kept, and if at the close 
of his junior or his middle year the account of a 
pupil sho^\■ that he has failed on more than two 



KKCri.A ri( >NS FOR rilK SCHOOLS. 21 

examinations lie will in t be i)i'<)moted. If it ai)i)ear 
that lie has not failed on more than two examina- 
tions he w ill be advanced to the next class, and w ill 
be retiuired to make up the dehcienc}' b)' recitation 
and examination in the lower class ; but in no case 
will he be classed as a senior until such work have 
been accomplished. If the hour for recitation in 
the two classes conflict, or for other cause it be im- 
practicable for the pupil to pursue the study in 
which he has failed, he may in lieu of such work, do 
such equi\"alent work as the prescribed course of p:(]uivaient work, 
study permits and the [)rincipal shall approxe ; but 
the pupil will not be graduated until he has accom- 
plished such work, or its equixalent as aforesaid. 

If a pupil of the academ\- claim that he has, hi ^\-,_,|.^ ^j^,!^ j,j 
any other institution under the control ot the ivgeiits ;^|J^';(.™'*"*''''' 
of the uni\ersit\", accomplished an\" part ot the work 
prescribed b\- the course of stud\-, the certificate of 
the principal of such institution to that effect, shall 
be recei\ed as satisfactory evidence that such work 
has been accomplished. 

43 

When it shall appear in manner provided 1)\' the <Ti-adiiation. 
foregoing regulations, that the pupil has accomplished 
the course of study prescribed by the board, for the 
district scliools, or for the academy, he will be granted 
a diploma certifying according!}' and attested by the 
seal of the board, the signatures of the president an.d 
secretar\- of the board and the principal of the 
school. ProN'ided, however, that such diploma shall • 
in no case be granted a pupil of the acadenn- who 
has not successfull)' passed the regents' examin- 
ation. 

44 

The principal shall have the management of his principal. 

school; shall keep the same under wholesome re-Toiiave mallase- 
, , . . , . Ill • 1 11 iiiPiit of his school. 

straint and discipline; shall supervise the school- 



22 



RE(iUI,ATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS. 



Programme. 



To I'eview school. 



TMaj- suspend pu- 
pils. 



Eestoration of 
such pupils. 



house, grounds and furniture, that they may be kept 
in good order; shall enforce the regulations of the 
board ; and may make and enforce such rules as he 
deems necessary for the proper management of his 
school. 

At the opening of each term he shall prepare a 
programme of study and recitation, showing the 
time allotted to each study and recitation for each 
class. 

He shall examine the work of other teachers of 
his scliool as often as may be consistent with his 
other duties. 

He may suspend a pupil for flagrant misconduct 
and he shall thereupon report the case fully to the 
secretary, and cause the parent or guardian of the 
pupil to be informed of the suspension. 

A pupil suspended under this rule can be restored 
only by the principal or the board. 



Principal to keep 
record. 



To report. 



To report. 



45 

The principal shall keep a general record of all the 
pupils registered during the year, showing the age of 
each at the last birthday previous to the first day of 
October of the current year ; and showing such 
other matter as is necessary for the preparation of 
the reports or communications of the superintend- 
ent, and such as are indicated by the blank record 
and the blank returns furnished ; and shall in due sea- 
son make and transmit to the, secretary such neces- 
sary matter for such reports and communications as 
are indicated by such blank returns. 

At the commencement of each term^ he shall re- 
port to the secretary the name of the teacher assigned 
to each class, and the number of pupils in the class. 

As soon as practicable after each regents" examin- 
ation he shall report to the secretar}- the names of 
the pupils from his school who have taken the exam- 



kE(;Ul.ATl(^NS FOR THE SCHOOLS. 23 

illations, and the result as to each, as claimed by the 
■committee. 

The principal shall file all certificates of vaccination ^^^ cei-tmcates of 
■given by the sanitary superintendent (or by any other '"■'^'-•'""tion. 
physician if the\' be endorsed " approved," by the 
sanitary superintendent,) and shall enter the word 
" vaccinated " in the school record, opposite the name 
of the pupil thus certified — the certificate to be re- 
turned to the pupil if he be transferred to another 
school or remove from the city. 

The principal shall, at the end of each month, Make reciuisitions 
make a requisition upon the superintendent for the 
.supplies necessary to his school for the succeeding 
month. 

At the first stated meeting of the board in Septem- Academy report, 
ber, the principal of the academy will submit the uaiversiti/ Manual, 

, , , , , , , 1»72, page m. 

annual returns to be made by the academy to the 
regents — prepared by him and attested by his oath — 
in accordance with the statute and the ordinaces of 
the regents. 

46 

It shall be the dut}' of the first assistant teacher First assistants. 
.appointed b}' the board to aid and assist the princi- Duties, 
pal in his work, and to discharge his duties in his 
absence. 

47 

Assistant teachers will be held responsible for Assistant teachers, 
good order and obedience to the rules in their re- Duties, 
spective rooms ; they shall aid in preserving order 
throughout the building, and report to the principal 
cases of disorder requiring serious discipline. 

48 

No teacher shall be absent during school hours, ^eacher-s absence, 
without permission of the superintendent previousl}- 
-obtained, except in case of sickness. 



24 



REGULATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS. 



Corporal punish- 
ment. 



Complaints. 



Ventilation and 
temperature. 



Teachers temporarily absent shall cause the ab- 
sence to be reported to the principal and to the super- 
intendent immediately. 

The amount of the time that each teacher is ab- 
sent during the month, with the reasons for such 
absence, will be stated in the principal's monthly 
report. 

49 

When corporal punishment shall be inflicted, it 
shall be the duty of the teacher to make, in tne 
book prov'ided for that purpose, a record of the 
offence, the manner and extent of the punishment, 
the reasons for it and the name and age of the pupil, 
with such explanatory remarks as he ma)' think 
proper. A transcript of such record shall be sent 
with the monthly report to the superintendent. 

50 

Teachers will not in the presence of pupils hear 
complaints of persons considering themselves ag- 
grieved. 

51 

Teachers will be required at all seasons of the year 
to give special attention to the ventilation and to re- 
cording the tempc'iture of the school rooms, as in- 
dicated by blanks furnished. The thermometer in 
winter should range between 65 and 70 degrees,. 
Fahrenheit. 

If it be found that a class room cannot be heated 
to 65 degrees the class should be dismissed unless 
there be an available room that may be heated 
to that degree. 

If the weather be such that in the school-room the 
thermometer indicates 85° or upwards, the school 
may be dismissed until the temperature falls below 
that point. 



KKCIM-ATIONS I'dR llli; SCHOOLS. 25 

The air of the room iiuist be effectually chaiiL^ed caution, 
at the close of each session ; but during school 
hours in C(^kl weather the winciows should not be 
opened when proper ventilation can be otherwise 
effected, and in no case should chiklren be permitted 
to sit in a current of cold air. 

52 

At such times as the principal may desi^•nate, Teachers may 

' ' ' o ' visit schools. 

teachers ma\' have not to exceed one da\- in each 
term, in which to \isit other schools ot the cit\'. 

53 

At such times and under such superxision as the Teachers" meet- 

^ ings. 

sujx'rintendent shall ap])oint, the teachers shall meet 
for such exercise as ma}' tend to improve their work 
and secure uniformity. No excuse will be accepted 
for absence from any such meeting, except such as 
would justif}' absence from a regular session of the 
schools. 

54 

Teachers will keep a daih' record of each pupil's ^'t'-'^'i'^' "*^^ •'^'J^'''* 

f ' J^ i attendance, etc. 

deportment, the number of half-days absent, the 
times tard\" and the time lost by tardiness. They 
will keep a register in the form provided by the 
board, in which they shall record in alphabetical 
order the names of pupils, the grade, age and daih' 
attendance of each, and the names and residence of 
the parent or guardian. 

55 

Assistant teachers shall make their reports to the Assistant's report 

' to prineiiial. 

principal punctualU', in accordance with the blank 
forms provided, and he shall transmit an abstract of P;'^;^'^i^^.rf^^^^^^ 
the same and of his own record, to the superinten- 
dent at the close of each month and term of the 
school \'ear. 



26 REGULATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS. 

56 

ifws'noexcu^e! Ignorance of the rules shall not excuse any act or 

omission of a teacher. 

57 

Puriistoattendin Unless Otherwise provided by the board, all pupils 

the district in '^ ■' ' r l^ 

which they reside, except pupils of the academy and the evening school 
Avill attend in the district in which they respectively 
reside. But if the residence of a pupil be changed 
during the year he may continue to the end of the 
year in the school which he was attending at the 
time of the change. 

Jomdl°or°buiid- Except by permission of the principal, pupils shall 

^"^^' neither enter the school grounds earlier than thirt)' 

minutes before school, nor, except in inclement 
weather, be admitted within the building before the 
ringing of the first bell. 

At no time out of school hours shall a pupil remain 
in a school-room unless a teacher be present. 

^n^nftF.'^r'^i-''^- Pupils, except those in the primary class, will be 

pupils L'O J OTllHlll ■'■ k J 

during entire ses- j-gquii-ed to remain in school during the entire ses- 
sion, but may be excused by the teacher on ac- 
count of sickness or other pressing necessit)-. 

58 

transfeT*^oTpupns. Applications for permission to have pupils attend 
schools in districts other than those in which the}' 

pm-t*o/sSrion^°' '"'^^^^^ excused from at- 

tendance for part of the session, and applications 
cou™i^of st'Kiy ^°^ leave to omit part of the course of study, must 
be made by the parent or guardian. 

When decided, the secretary will communicate the 
result to the applicant, and, if the application be 
granted, to the principals or principal. 

The order made will continue operative until re- 
voked. 

If in any case it appear necessary that such 



rk(;lm.ati()Ns for 'I'hk schools. 27 

application should be granted sooner than it can be 
disposed of by the board in the ordinary course, the 
superintendent will decide it and report at the next 
meetino-. 

59 

Pupils shall come provided with the necessary pupiigtoi^.i^g 
books and other articles which the}' ma}' need for ^'^°'^- '^■ 
class work, and shall come in neat and orderly condi- 
tion of dress and person. They shall not cut, inar, cityordmances, 
mark, or otherwise deface an\' school turmture or 
building or other school property. 

They are prohibited from bringing on to the school prohibited piay- 
premises bows and arrows, fire-crackers, fire-arms, or*'""^^' 
other dangerous weapons or playthings. They shall ^ a>'"s- 

, ,< 1 ■ 1 I -^ -11 L City or ili nan nee. 

not engage m ball playmg when or where it will be ,•/,. 4. § 42. 
attended with danger or inconv^enience to younger 
children, or those not participating in the game, or 
where it will endanger school property ; nor at an\' 
time except under the direction of the principal of 
the school. 

The\' shall be obedient and respectful to their Deportment, 
teachers and kind and courteous to each other; shall 
refrain from vile or profane language, from the use 
of tobacco and from all immoral conduct, and shall 
be regular in attendance and diligent in study. 

60 

Pupils shall not receive calls or visits, nor will vis-PvipHs not to re- 
ceive calls, 
itors be allowed to occcupy the desks of pupils dur- 
ing school hours, except in extreme cases and then 
onl)- b)- permission of the principal. 

61 

The principal shall suspend any pupil who. with- P"piis absent from 

'^ ^ ^ ^11 examination. 

out his permission previously obtained, shall be ab- 
sent from any stated examination prescribed b\' the 
board, unless on the same or the next day the prin- 



28 



RECUILATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS. 



cipal have satisfactory evidence that such absence 
was occasioned by sickness or other pressing ne- 
cessity. 

62 

Absence andtardi- The principal shall suspcnd any pupil who, with- 
out sufficient excuse, shall be absent from school to 
the amount of six half days in any one term. 

Such excuse must be rendered by the parent or 
guardian personally or in writing, and must state the 
circumstances which have occasioned the absence, so 
that the principal may judge of its suf^ciency. 

Tardiness shall be deemed equivalent to an half- 
day's absence. 

On suspending a pupil the principal will report in 
writing to the superintendent and to the parent or 
guardian of the supended pupil. 

When a pupil is suspended for any cause, his name 
shall be stricken from the roll. 



Non-resident pu- 
pils and loupils 
over age. 

City school act. §2<S. 



Tuition. 



Sickness. 



Payment. 



63 

Non-residents and applicants over twenty-one- 
years of age may be admitted as pupils to the sev- 
eral schools, when there are vacant seats, upon pay- 
ment of tuition as follows : 

To the academy, $14.40 for the term of sixteen 
weeks, and $10.80 for a term of twelve weeks. 

To the other schools, $8.00 for the term of sixteen 
weeks, and $6.00 for a term of twelve weeks. 

No allowance will be be made for absence except 
in case of sickness, nor in that case for less than 
four weeks. 

Payment may be made to the secretary, to be there- 
upon deposited with the chamberlain to the credit 
of the board. 

No pupil liable for tuition shall be admitted to any 
school until he deliver to the principal a certificate 
of the secretary that the tuition has been paid. 



kKcri.Ai'ioxs i-(»k riii: schools. 29 

.\t the close of the term the principal shall en- t'rincipai to en- 

' dorse certificate. 

dorse on such certificate the number of weeks the 
pupil has been absent on account of sickness during; 
the term for which pa_\-ment was made, and deli\er 
tlie certificate to the chairman of the finance com- 
mittee. 

64 
If the princij^al doubt whether a |)upil, or a per- Residence, how 

... Ml asceitained. 

son applying tor admission as a pupil, b'.- an actual 
resident of the cit\'. he shall report the case to the 
superintendent, who shall inxestigate and decide it 
or report the facts to the committee on laws and 
rules for their action. 

An)' part}' in interest dissatisfied with the decision 
of the principal or of the superintendent, ma}' notif}' 
the superintendent and he shall then report the case 
to said committee. 

An\' part\' dissatisfied with the action of the com- C''.'/ »''moi act, .sec. 
inittee, ma}' notif}' the secretary, who shall there- 
upon report the case to the board for final action. 

If the parents of the applicant be non-resident, 
the principal must refer the application to the super- 
intendent. 

In all cases referred to the superintendent under Affidavit, 
this rule, he will require an affida\'it stating" not onh" 
that the applicant is a resident of the cit}^ but also 
stating" the facts and circumstances that show him to 
be such resident. Such affidaxit must be made b}' 
the parent or guardian unless it appear that it is im- 
practicable to obtain his affidavit. In that case the 
superintendent will determine who is the pioper per- 
son to make the affidavit. 

65 

Books furnished b}' the board for the use of indi-f"';,^^^!;"!'"^' 
gent pupils shall be numbered and belong to the 
school librar\". 



30 REGUIATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS. 

The principal of each school, except the academy, 
shall furnish the commissioner of his district with 
the names of those pupils whose parents or guard- 
ians declare themselves unable to provide the neces- 
sary text-books or other articles for class work to- 
gether with such information relating thereto as he 
can procure. 

Then if the commissioner certify such inability 
upon satisfactory evidence, the principal will loan 
such books or other articles to such pupils, and will 
enter in the register the titles or names of the arti- 
cles, the numbers if books, the names of the pupils 
and of the parents or guardians, and at the close of 
the term shall see that such articles are returned to 
the school library, and shall enter such return in the 
register. 

66 

Sicherf text ' No person other than teachers regularly em- 
of studr^ '^"""'^ ployed will be permitted to teach. 

No teacher will permit the use of any course of 

study or any text-book not duly authorized by the 

board. 

67 

Inhibition of other No book or periodical foreign to the purposes of 

the school, will be allowed in the school-room. 
Of advertising and No lecture, sliow, or Other thing shall be adver- 

canvassing in the . , , , , ■ i r i i i • 

schools. tised, nor shall cards or tickets tor the same be dis- 

tributed in the schools or on school grounds. 

No person will be allowed during school hours to 
occupy the time of teachers or pupils in the inter- 
est of the publication or sale of any book or other 
thing. 

Of use of school The use of the buildings or grounds for any pur- 
property for other * ^ ^ , 
purposes. pose Other than the purposes of the schools, will not 

be allowed. 



RK(;ULATI().\S FOR THK SCHOOLS. 3 1 

68 

No subscription paper shall be circulated, nor shall of Contributions. 
any contribution be taken in an\- school, for an}' pur- 
pose. 

No teacher shall make, or contribute for, any <jift Gifts and enter- 

tainnients. 

or entertainment for the board or any member or 
officer thereof ; nor shall an)' money or other thing 
be collected or taken from a pupil, for or as a gift or 
testimonial to a teacher, or to a member or officer of 
the board. 

69 

No person in the employ of the board shall be Employes not to 

'■ ^ ■' be interested in 

pecuniarily interested in the sale of any text-book the sale of books, 
or other thing in the schools ; or make any arrange- 
ment with publishers or others, relating to the in- 
troduction or sale in the schools, of text-books or 
other thing. 

70 

The district commissioners shall emplo\- and are janitors, 
empowered to discharge the janitors for their schools, 
respectively, (^subject to approval by the board, and How employed, 
at such rate of compensation as the board shall 
prescribe), and will be held responsible for the 
faithful discharge of their duties. 

It shall be the janitor's duty to sweep the school- Duties, 
rooms, dust the desks and other furniture, clean the 
windows and floors, and to keep the rooms neat and 
in order; to build the fires in season to warm the 
rooms before school opens ; to riddle the ashes, save 
the unburned coals and see that no fuel is wasted , 
to inspect the privies each day and keep them clean ; 
to mow the lawns and keep the grounds and streets 
adjacent clean and free from weeds, remove all paper, 
stones, and rubbish therefrom : to see that trees 
recent!}' set are kept well watered during summer; 
to clean the snow from the w alks in the yard, and 



32 



REGULATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS. 



Negligence. 



from the sidewalk.s of the school lot ; to see that the 
doors and \vindo\\s of the buildings and the gates of 
the yard are closed and fastened when there is no 
school ; to take good care of the premises during 
vacations and at all times ; and at the close of the 
school year, thoroughly scrub the floors, oil the 
desks, wash the \\'indows and otherwise clean the 
buildings. 

The principal shall promptly report to the district 
commissioner an)' neglect of duty by the janilor. 



71 

Separate primary If a primary branch of any district school be con- 

schools. 

ducted at a place other than the principal school 
building of the district, it shall still be subject to 
the supervdsirn of the principal of the district school 
and be deemed one of the departments of that 
school. 
Vice Principal. The board will designate a ViCE PrincH'AL who 

shall, subject to the principal, have the management 
of such primary and shall aid and assist the princi- 
pal in such of his work as pertains thereto. 

The principal shall assign the primary pupils of 
his district to the primary or to tiie principal dis- 
trict school of his district, as he shall find expedi- 
ent, from time to time. Provided, however, that an)- 
primary pupil of district No. i, residing on or west 
of Madison Avenue, shall be permitted, if he apply, 
to attend No. 4 primary. 



Evening school. 



72 

The general regulations for the schools shall be 
deemed applicable to the evening school only so far 
as they are appropriate to and consistent Avith the 
design of an unoraded evening school. 



RKCULATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS. 33 

No pui)il under fourteen }^ears of age, and no one 
whose circumstances will permit his attendance at 
the day schools, will be admitted to the evening- 
school. 

73 

The principal of the school at which an}' portion Lihrari.an. 
of the library siiall be kept, will be ex officio assist- 
ant librarian of that portion, unless the librarian oth- 
erwise appoint. 

The district library shall be opened at the close of 
the afternoon session every Friday on which there 
shall be a session of the school, except the last I'^ri- 
day of the school year, and remain open so long 
as shall be necessary for the distribution of books. 

Every resident of the city, of sufficient age to read <^'o><- ¥ pnh. ins. 0/ 
the books of the district library, is entitled to the ben- 
efit thereof, and of the several portions thereof, (^iu/ fsciwoi iaa\ sec. 
whether kept in his commissioner district or not, sub- 
ject to the "Regulations" concerning the use of 
the books in district libraries, prescribed by the 
superintendent of public instruction and subject to 
all other regulations of the superintendent of public 
instruction made in pursuance of §11, title VIII., of ^«'"«o/i864. 
" An act to revise and consolidate the general acts 
relating to public instruction." And the rules au- 
thorized by the sixth of said "regulations concern- fo'^f f^f ?'«^.m«. 0/ 

•^ i^ 1H79, pa<)e. S07-9. 

ing the use of books," are hereby adopted, and the 
fines thereb}' authorized will be imposed accord- 
ingly. 

74 

The academic }-ear will terminate with the last Acaaemic year. 
day of August in each )'ear. />(((r.so/i«56, <•/«. r>i. 



34 RE(JULATIONS FOR THE SCHOOLS. 

75 

Powers subordi- Powers, rights and privileges conferred by the by- 
y-aws. 1^^^,^ ^j.g ^Q |-jg j-igjj-j jj^ subordination to other by-laws 

and to the action of the board. 

76 

Amendment to by- Any by-law may be altered, or amended, or abro- 

laws. , 1111 

gated, or a new by-law may be added at any meetmg 
of the board, provided notice have been given at a 
previous stated meeting, specifying the change pro- 
posed and the time when it will be moved ; and the 
by-laws shall not be otherwise changed : nor shall any 
action inconsistent therewith be taken at any meet- 
ing if any member present object that such action 
would violate the by-laws. 



iisriDEx:. 



No. Of KULE. 

Annual nioetiiig' ] 

Accounts of hoard, how kept 8 

certitii'd by 27 

Academy, admission to ;jn 

annuiU report of 45 

committee, duties of 34 

reports of 24 

classes of 38 

examinations for 41 

ill f:i 

orjranization of ;js 

pi'omotions 42 

teachers, appointment of 24; 

Applications, of teachers ID 

for transfer of pu | )ils 58 

to omit part of session 58 

to omit part of course of study 58 

.Vnnual report of schools 11 

academy ; 45 

Assistant teachers, duties of 47 

report of 55 

Absence of teachers .' 48 

how reported 48 

from examination (il 

svisjjension for f;2 

Attendance in district where residing 57 

during' school hours 57 

Admission in liuildings and grounds 57 

Amendment to by-laws 7(j 

Advertising- in schools restricted (J7 

Moard, organization of ;} 

Blanks .) 

Hiiilding committee, duties of •>■> 

Bells, when rung ;{4 

tio 



Hooks for indigent i^upils. 



By-laws, amendment of ^ 71; 

Buildings and groinids, use of : 32-67 

Ball and other plays on grounds 59 



3^ 



INDEX. 



No. OF KULE 



Contested seats • -^ 

Contag'ious diseases 15 

Committees, names of 17 

Census, how taken 30 

Classes, names of 33 

Closing- of schools 33 

Common Council, reports to 18 

Classiflcatlon of pupils 36 

Corporal punishment 49 

Complaints to teachers 40 

Change of residence 57 

Dismissal, instructions for 34 

Diplomas, when granted 43 

Deportment of pupils : 59 

District librarian "3 

Election of president 3 

officers tj 

Examination of teachers by superintendent 13 

teachers' committee 35 

accounts 18 

pupils 36 

Examinations, in academy 42 

absence from 61 

Evening Schools 36-73 

Expenditures limited 33-33 

resolution for 39 

Employment of teachers by supeiintendent * 13 

teachers' committee 19 

restriction of 35-66 

Estimates, when made 18 

reported to common council • 18 

Employees of board, restrictions of 69 

Finance committee, duties of 18 

Financial reports .■ 18 

Fuel, purchase of 33 

Grades in school 33 

Grounds, use of 33-67 

Games, prohibited 59 

Graduation 43 

Heating and ventilating aparatus, examination of 33 

rules for 51 

Holidays 34 

Insurance 18 

Indigent pupils, books for 65 

Janitors, how emploj'ed 70 

duties of <^0 



INDEX. 37 

No. OF KlILE. 

I.ilii'iii'iaii 6 

(liitiosof 14 

Ijibniries, siipt'rvision of 31 

rei)ort of 31 

riik'Si for 73 

Laws and i-iile8 cominittee. duties of 25 

Met'tiiigs, amiual 1 

stated 1 

special 1 

when held 1-3 

Members, how seated '....; 3 

Motions, how made 4 

Non-residents, tuition of t)3 

children of B4 

Organization of the board 3 

se' ools 33 

( Jtticers of the board 6 

how elected 6 

tei-m of otfice 6 

Oi-franization and dieipline eonimittce, duties of 30 

Order Idanks 39 

Order (if business '4 

Ol>enint^' of schools dally ;M 

President, election of 3 

term of office 6 

duties of T 

Pupils, attendance of excused 30 

absence of (51-63 

how excused 62 

conduct of 59 

classification of 36 

examination of 36 

how restored 12-44 

misconduct of 44 

non-resident 63 

primary 5T 

promotion of 36-37 

residence of, how determined 64 

suspension of 61-62 

transfer of 20 

where to attend school 57 

Powers, restriction of 31-75 

Principals, duties of 44 

reports of "W 

Primary schools 71 

Kesolutions, how presented * 4 

Records, custody of 8 

of j)upils' deportment, absence and tardiness 54 

of parent and guardian 54 



38 INDEX. 

No. OF Rule 

Reports of secrotai-y and siipoiintendeiit 11-12 

how made 28 

to common council 18 

of principals 45 

of corporal punishment 49 

of teachers absence 48 

Repairs of buildings 22 

report of 22 

Regents examinations 39 

report of 41 

Restoring- pupils 12-44 

Requisitions 45 

Residence, how determined 64 

Stated meetings 1 

Special meetings 1 

Superintendent and secretary, term of office 6 

Sanitary superintendent, 15 

Secretary, duties of 8, 9, 10, 11 

Suv>erintendent, duties of 12-13 

Suspension of pupils by superintendent 12 

for misconduct 44 

absence 62 

from examination 61 

Standing committees 17 

how appointed : 17 

School buildings, supervision of 22 

use of 32 

property, supervision of 12-22 

census 30 

reports, rules for 12 

Supply committee, duties of 23 

Supplies, purchase of 23 

Sessions of schools 34 

Subscriptions in schools restricted 68 

Selling- in schools restricted 67 

Teachers, ai^pointment of 19 

academy, appointment of 24 

application of 19 

absence of 48 

absence, how reported 48 

committee, duties of 19 

report of 19 

complaint to 50 

employment of by superintendent 13 

teachers' com mittee 19 

limitations 35-66 

meetings .53 

pay of, restricted 35 

rank of • 35 

record of pupils 45 

examination of 35 

transfer of by su perintendent 13 

teachers' committee 19 

termination of service 35 



No. OF Uu I.E. 

Text hook coininittee, duties of 21 

use of restricted (57 

Terms, uuiuber and leng-tli of ;{;! 

wticu eouiiuencing- -jj 

Transfer of teachers i;j-l!t 

pnpils ;>0 

application for 5,S 

Temperature, rules for 51 

Tlu'rmometer, record 5] 

TunliUv'ss, susjjension for Ijj 

Tuition of non-residents K? 

Votinji', manner of 5 

Vaccinnation of pupils ]-, 

cert iticates 45 

Visiting- and e\eninfj- -cliool conunittee, duties of 3g 

schools bj' teaciiers 52 

Voucher blanks 29 

Ventilation .51 

Vice principal, duties of 71 

Visits to pupils, restriction of gO 



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